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Donna Carr

Brookhaven

Summary

Dedicated administrative assistant with over 20 years of experience in office administration and data entry. Known for optimizing workflows and managing executive calendars effectively, ensuring smooth operations and timely support for business objectives.

Overview

2022
2022
years of professional experience

Work History

Administrative Assistant

Neshoba County Genral Hospital
Philadelphia, MS
03.2007 - 03.2021
  • Assisted in preparation of reports and documentation, supporting departmental needs and decision-making.
  • Answered multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to staff and greeting visitors.
  • Improved document organization with thorough file maintenance, archiving outdated records as necessary for efficient retrieval when needed.
  • Supported executive staff through scheduling meetings, coordinating travel arrangements, and preparing crucial documents.
  • Optimized calendar management for executives by scheduling appointments strategically while considering priorities and minimizing conflicts.
  • Managed expense reports for executive staff members, ensuring accurate documentation of spending for budgeting purposes.
  • Maintained confidentiality of sensitive information, adhering strictly to data protection regulations.
  • Supported recruitment processes, scheduling interviews and communicating with applicants to improve hiring timelines.
  • Coordinated travel arrangements for staff, ensuring cost-effective and timely accommodations and transportation.
  • Managed phone and email correspondence and handled incoming and outgoing mail and faxes.
  • Streamlined office procedures, improving workflow and reducing administrative errors.

Administrative Assistant

Lincoln County School District
Brookhaven, MS
10.2000 - 07.2006

Employed by the Child Nutrition Department of the Lincoln County School District. Duties included the receiving all request of the four county schools for a purchase order to be submitted to the State. Once inventory was received, the invoiced was reconciled and a payment request was submitted to the Central Office.

Each week information was received from the State Department with updated pricing for all food items that had to be entered to ensure the purchase order information was correct. This was to make sure the invoice amount was not greater than the purchase order request.

Other duties included the payroll for all cafeteria workers making sure all information of their PTO, health insurance, and garnishments were current.

Administrative Assistant

Kings Daughters Hospital
Brookhaven, MS
1996 - 2001

Administrative Assistant to the Chief Financial Officer. Duties included answering and directing all incoming calls, sorting all incoming mail to the hospital, sorting all mail going to the business department with the totaling of all payments. Monthly balancing all banking accounts and entering information.

Matched all purchase orders with received invoices, entered and requested payments.

Filed all contracts with hospital and made sure all were current and updated.

Education

Associate of Arts - Secretarial Science

Copiah Lincoln Junior College
Wesson
05-1976

Skills

  • Customer service
  • Data entry
  • Computer skills
  • Office administration
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft outlook
  • Time management
  • File organization
  • Customer and client relations
  • Filing
  • Clerical support

Affiliations

  • Association of Health Care Administrative Assistants (AHCAA)

Interests

  • Road Trips
  • Outdoor Recreation
  • Interior Design
  • Music
  • Crafting and DIY Projects
  • Photography
  • Participating in fundraising events to support local charities, schools, or community projects
  • Reading
  • Working with the Senior Adult Group
  • Outreach with our church association

Timeline

Administrative Assistant

Neshoba County Genral Hospital
03.2007 - 03.2021

Administrative Assistant

Lincoln County School District
10.2000 - 07.2006

Administrative Assistant

Kings Daughters Hospital
1996 - 2001

Associate of Arts - Secretarial Science

Copiah Lincoln Junior College
Donna Carr